COVID-19: 70 new cases, 88 recovered, one death
According to Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham, the new cases involved 13 import cases and 57 local outbreaks. - FILEpic
Malaysia recorded an additional 70 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
According to Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham, the new cases involved 13 import cases and 57 local outbreaks.
"Of the 70 new cases, 31 were non-Malaysian.
"Of the total, 13 were from import cases, meaning 57 were local," he said at a daily press conference by the Ministry of Health (MOH) here today.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia to 6,726 cases.
At the same time, Dr Noor Hisham also informed of one death and 88 cases that have recovered.
The 109th death (Case 6657) was a 63-year-old Malaysian citizen with chronic illness.
The addition of another death resulted in a total of 109 fatalities or 1.62% of the total number of cases.
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